Over a decade ago, Keenan reports, these countries signed a "co-operation agreement on counter-terrorism that effectively joined the two oil-rich sides of the Sahara together in a complex of security arrangements whose architecture is American".
He also spearheaded a co-operation with Daimler.
(The bank itself avoided prosecution by signing a co-operation agreement with the Enron task-force).
He subsequently withdrew from a co-operation agreement with the SFO and in December 2013 pleaded not guilty.
He has held talks with Armani and signed a co-operation deal with the rival house Prada.
The jailed financier's former chief financial officer, Frank DiPascali, has been providing information after pleading guilty under a co-operation deal in the hope of a light sentence.
We are also signing a co-operation agreement with the ILO Somalia in areas where the expertise of our two organisations match, such as policies for youth unemployment.
It called for a co-operation "initiative" with a vague mandate to pursue confidence-building measures.This greatly annoyed the Afghans, who wanted something more.
Ryanair has signed a co-operation deal with the Chinese company, with a view to using it as an alternative to Boeing, its sole supplier.
He wanted to sign a co-operation agreement not just with state companies, but with what he called the growing "independent" and "private" Cuban business sector.
"It's a co-operation agreement against drug trafficking, terrorism and other crimes," Jaime Bermúdez, Colombia's foreign minister, said.But diplomacy and public relations are not Colombian strong points.
